How to Counter a Standing Haymaker Drill

Video Transcript

"JASON JEANETTE: Hi. I'm Jason Jeanette. This Daniel Klapheke from Elite Martial Arts of Middle Tennessee for Expert Village. This is a haymaker counter punch drill. All right, here we go. On this drill, all we're doing is practicing hook covers against just random haymakers, it's just sucker punch type of thing, and then immediate counter punches depending on which side he threw which side I block and loaded which leg. So he'll throw--let's say if he throws the right, trying to hit my head and I'm just grabbing the back of my head. Your students will want to do this; they want to hold it out in a way. I just always explain to them if I was going to go buy a motorcycle helmet I wouldn't buy one that flops around in my head. I'd buy one that fits snug and tight. They should be able to take the hardest swings that he's got with a nice tight hook cover this way. Also it takes care of--if he throw in a straight punch, the same side, I'm taking care of the same thing. So I only need to worry about which side he's punching with it not what punch. So here covering, now my right leg's loaded up so I'll throw my right cross, left hook, right cross again. It could be anything, it could be elbow, any combination you'd like and then he's just randomly throwing. He might throw the left next; cover now, my left leg's loaded so I'll counter with the left hook, right cross, left hook. And try it your students will want to go right, left, right, left. We want to break up the rhythm. And then I want them to throw 2 rights in a row, 3 and totally random which side he's going with so I'm getting good practice."